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Stroud, Jonathan. Notorious Scarlett and Browne, The. Scarlett and Browne Series; bk. 2. Knopf, 04/2023. 432pp. Fiction. GRADES 6 – 10. $17.99. 978-0-593-43040-8. OUTSTANDING. Scarlett McCain and Albert Browne are both in their teens, but [continue reading]

Cuevas, Adrianna. Ghosts of Rancho Espanto, The. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 04/2023. 304pp. Fiction. GRADES 4 – 7. $17.99. 978-0-374-39043-3. ADDITIONAL. Cuban American Rafa and his friends planned to end sixth grade with an epic [continue reading]

Craft, Jerry. School Trip. Jerry Craft, Illus. New Kid Series. Quill Tree, 04/2023. 256pp. Graphic. GRADES 6 – 8. $24.99. 978-0-06-288554-8. Paper $14.99. 978-0-06-288553-1. HIGH ADDITIONAL. In his final weeks of junior high, African American [continue reading]

Stocker, Shannon. Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion. Devon Holzwarth, Illus. Dial. 04/2022. 40pp. Biography. GRADES 1 – 4. $18.99. 978-0-593-10969-4. OUTSTANDING. Evelyn Glennie grew up in Scotland surrounded by music, playing [continue reading]

Roberts, Barbara Carroll. Rose Named Peace, A : How Francis Meilland Created a Flower of Hope for a World at War. Bagram Ibatoulline, Illus. Candlewick, 05/2022. [46]pp. Non-Fiction. GRADES 2 – 5. $18.99. 978-1-5362-0843-6. ADDITIONAL. [continue reading]

Theule, Larissa. Concrete: From the Ground Up. Steve Light, Illus. Candlewick, 09/2022. [48]pp. Non-Fiction. GRADES 1 – 5. $18.99. 978-1-5362-1250-1. OUTSTANDING. In this celebration of the building material concrete, readers will discover what it is, [continue reading]

Szamosi, Sofia. Unretouchable. Sofia Szamosi, Illus. Graphic Universe, 09/2022. 152pp. Graphic. GRADES 9 – 12. PLB $29.32. 978-1-7284-0166-9. ADDITIONAL. Olive spends the summer between high school and college as an intern at a fashion magazine, [continue reading]